You were here
just for a while.

I can still smell your scent
from the last hug you gave me.

You made December feel
like an eternity,
but maybe for you
it has been just a blink.

I could not watch you walk away
because it would have meant
that your back was the last thing
I could see.

I'd rather remember your smile
because it was the first thing
I fell in love with.

You don't need a mask to hide your face,
you don't have to hide your scars.
You don't need all that armor to protect your heart,
you are enough just the way you are.

Your true colors radiate light,
when you let the beauty come from inside.
Your real smile makes your eyes shine bright
and your tears; they will dry.

Nobody's a picture perfect,
so stop wasting your precious time.
Stop painting a picture
and start living your own life.

Dear autumn,
I'm waiting for you to arrive.

Every morning I look through the window and wish to see beautiful mist hovering over the cold meadow.

Every day I look for yellowish crispy leaves and how they are falling off the trees.

Every night I look up in the sky and search for stars only, because I think moon is getting lonely.

I know you are getting closer, so I keep waiting. Someday I'll wake up to your embrace and I'll be smiling.

Yours truly, S.